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Lytle, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Poteet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78052. The Survey maps it on the Lytle quadrangle. 2,914 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Lytle within Atascosa County

Population over time

2 figures

Lytle grew from 2,492 to 2,914 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,492
20202,914+422 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

156 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Lytle between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,803 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined92
Debris and open burning46
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHEPHERD RD & HWY 35
28 September 2008Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use371 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOYD
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID LYTLE & NATALIA CANCELED
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH/GRASS FIRE M/M 129 IH 35
30 August 2019Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atascosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lytle: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Meyer Pottery PitClayPast ProducerClay

Every working recorded in Atascosa County

Storms near this place

20 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lytle in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 5 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2002Thunderstorm WindLytle$500,000Severe winds in the Lytle area damaged or destroyed three mobile homes, while blowing over trees, limbs, road signs, and damaging roofs in the area.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindLytle$50,000Downburst winds blew over and destroyed a mobile home near Lytle. Also, hail propelled by the very high winds blew out windows of homes and cars in and around the Lytle area.
February 1998HailLytle$50,000no account filed
June 2007Flash FloodLytle$30,000Scattered to numerous thunderstorms across northern Atascosa, eastern Medina and western Bexar Counties produced rain totals of 2 to 3 inches. Highest totals in Atascosa County were 4 inches near Lytle and south of Campbellton. SH132, FM2790, FM140, and FM791 were closed due to high water, among other roads. Two people in a pickup were swept off FM463 in the late that evening. They abandoned the truck and clung to trees for nearly 2 hours until they were rescued.
February 1998Tornado (F1)Lytle$25,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLytle$10,000Gusts estimated at over 55 knots with widespread damgage to trees.
June 2025Flash FloodLytle-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The Emergency Manager reported flooding along FM 2790 between the South Wind Subdivision and Luckey Rd. east of Lytle. There were multiple water rescues.
May 2023Flash FloodLytle-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in Lytle. Several roads were flooded including Benton City Rd., CR 681, and FM 2790.
August 2016Flash FloodLytle-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing several roads in and around Lytle.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindLytle-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that knocked a 2.5 foot diameter Oak tree onto a house.
April 2015Flash FloodLytle-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The Lytle Volunteer Fire Department reported several areas of high water including I-35 at FM3175.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLytle-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
July 2007Flash FloodLytle-Scattered thunderstorms over Bexar, Atascosa, Karnes and Frio Counties produced a general 2 to 3 inch rain, with up to 4 inches from south of Lytle to just northwest of Charlotte. Brief flash flooding closed SH173 and FM2504.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLytle-Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees near Lytle.
February 2005Thunderstorm WindLytle-Severe thunderstorm sweeping southeastward from southeastern Medina County crossed into Atascosa County near 2:20 am CST. The winds knocked over numerous power lines across the northern portion of the county. Power was out for a considerable time and was not restored until near 6 am CST.
February 2005Flash FloodLytle-Heavy rain from the severe thunderstorms produced accumulations of up to 2 inches over the saturated soils of northern Atascosa County. The rainfall produced brief flash flooding that forced the closure of FM3175 and FM2790. Officials reported that at least one vehicle was washed off the road on FM3175. There were no injuries.
April 2016HailLytle-no account filed
March 2009HailLytle-no account filed
March 2008HailLytle-no account filed
April 2000HailLytle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Atascosa County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Rossville11.6 miles9
Anchorage12.4 miles9
Iuka13.3 miles9
Ditto14.2 miles9
Kyote14.3 miles9
Poteet18.0 miles9
Amphion18.3 miles8
Espey18.3 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on LytleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q977646The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1362011. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.